A major update to the app brings improved chat transfer, easier-to-find stickers, and AI-powered photo-editing features.
WhatsApp’s latest update brings new features to make messaging easier than ever, and it even includes an option where Meta AI can write replies on your behalf.
Meta has also introduced the ability to have two accounts active on the same iPhone, a feature that first came to Android back in 2023. Multiple-account support lets you switch between two accounts without signing out and back in. A small profile photo shows you which account you’re messaging from.
Over the last few years, Apple’s iOS and Android have been making it easier to switch between the two operating systems, and now WhatsApp is joining in. Chat Transfer, which takes your message history, photos, videos, and more to a new device, now allows you to switch between OSes for the first time.
Meta is also bringing more AI-powered features into WhatsApp. Its new Writing Help tool gets AI models to suggest draft replies to your messages, which you can then tweak before you send. You’ll find the feature under the multimedia menu, represented by a pencil icon between the emoji and GIF options. Press here and you’ll get three preprepared responses from Meta AI; adjust the writing tone by scrolling through options like Funny, Professional, or Supportive.
WhatsApp says that all conversations remain private between you and the intended recipient, and that doesn’t change with the brand’s AI tools now taking over part of the process.
Another AI feature is designed for improved photo editing. Touch-ups use Meta AI tools to remove objects from a photo, change an image’s background, or add a filter, within the photo sharing menu.
Other smaller changes coming to WhatsApp include a new Manage Storage option for every conversation to help you cut down on multimedia files taking up space on your phone. There are also improvements to stickers that show ideas of what you may want to send when you’re searching for emoji.
These new features should arrive on your phone soon. WhatsApp first announced the rollout on March 26. but we’ve yet to see any of the new tools appear on our devices.
